Laughing Mad: The Black Comic Persona in Post-soul America - Bambi Haggins - Books - Rutgers University Press - 9780813539843 - February 1, 2007
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Laughing Mad: The Black Comic Persona in Post-soul America


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Focuses on the ways in which the comic persona is constructed and changes across media, from stand-up, to the small screen, to film. This title examines the comic televisual and cinematic personae of Dick Gregory, Bill Cosby, Flip Wilson, and Richard Pryor and considers how these figures set the stage for black comedy.


320 pages, 32 b&w illustrations

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released February 1, 2007
ISBN13 9780813539843
Publishers Rutgers University Press
Pages 320
Dimensions 156 × 235 × 23 mm   ·   333 g

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